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social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > sociology of governance > autopoiesis
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autopoiesis  

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  • Autopoiesis refers to the continual “bringing forth” of self. It has its origins in systems theory and is closely associated with the work of the Chilean biologists Francisco Varela and Humberto Maturana. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Autopoiesis]

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